Messenger Plus! and Winfixer - once again.

I am sick to death of this. I keep seeing Winfixer pushers using the Messenger Plus! Sponsor Program to infect systems with malware.  I keep reporting it to Patchou and/or blogging about it, yet I see it happen again, and again, and again. 

How many times have I complained about malware using the Messenger Plus! Sponsor Program to spread?  Well, I have complained by email and/or via my blog twice this month (December 12 and tonight's entry), November 12, June 30, June 26, June 25 and April 7.  8 months is more than enough time for C2Media / Circle Distribution to clean up their act.

I'm beginning to wonder if the problem really is rogue clients.  I'm also beginning to wonder if Circle Distribution aka C2Media is doing anything when these "rogue clients" are reported. 

I am beginning to suspect that Circle Distribution / C2Media have absolutely no intention of blocking winfixer - maybe they're not willing to give up the money.  Just how hard is it to block drivecleaner.com, or errorsafe, or any of the other malware variants that are being spread around the net the the Messenger Plus! Sponsor Program?

Here is today's attempt to install winfixer on my machine - the screenshots were taken within the last hour:

First blank window and dialogue box:
http://www.ie-vista.com/images/graphi54.jpg

Trend Antivirus alert:

Another alarmist window:

Another Trend alert:

Leading to this malware site:
http://www.ie-vista.com/images/graphi56.jpg

Published Fri, Dec 15 2006 23:17 by sandi
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# The Messenger Plus! Sponsor Program and Winfixer again...

Sunday, December 17, 2006 4:26 AM by Spyware Sucks

Here we go again... let's add tonight's attempt to infect my machine with Winfixer via the Messenger

# The Messenger Plus! Sponsor Program and Winfixer again...

Sunday, December 17, 2006 1:14 PM by Kurbli

Akko' nem is kéne installálni. Here we go again... let's add tonight's attempt to infect my machine with

# Important information re: the Messenger Plus! sponsor program and Winfixer

Sunday, December 17, 2006 11:13 PM by Spyware Sucks

Over the past 48 hours Circle Development have edited the HOSTS file on machines that are running the

# Sandi continues the justified battle against Winfixer

Tuesday, December 19, 2006 4:56 PM by Brian H. Madsen - .Net Powered by Caffeine

Since getting to know Sandi a few things has become clear. 1) she is VERY determined to rid the Messenger

# re: Messenger Plus! and Winfixer - once again.

Thursday, December 21, 2006 9:15 AM by Steve Kaschimer

Dumb question (since I have not read any of the history...

Can you just NOT use Messenger Plus? I heard good stuff about it a while ago and tried it, but then immediately uninstalled it because I didn't really care to have an upgrade to Messenger (and the sponsor thing was annoying - BTW it's annoying in any free software, not just this one).

If enough people boycott it, blog about it, scream and shout about it then maybe C2Media/Circle Distribution will get the hint.

# re: Messenger Plus! and Winfixer - once again.

Sunday, December 24, 2006 1:07 AM by Freddy Mercury

Patchou's house

http://www.fraisie.net/maison.htm